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How is your Facebook data landing in other people’s hands?

Your data can be used by third-parties without YOUR knowledge Key points:A quiz app built by a university researcher leaked Facebook data of 50 million users in 2014, a great deal of personal data was taken without their knowledge This data was used to build a powerful software program...

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Did you know 9 out of 10 cyber-attacks are delivered by email?

Email scams to look out for: This week cyber-criminals are impersonating an Australian photography company (Corral), QuickBooks and Vodafone. Scammers commonly impersonate reputable and large brands, such as the above, as they have a large customer base. Are you using itro Mail Scan?Yes - emails with the potential to harm your...

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Multiple monitors make work easier

Are Multiple Monitors Better Than One Screen?

Why Multiple Monitors Are Better Than One! Once you make the change, you'll never go back! If you are not already using multiple screens, let me just say from personal experience, you are missing out big time!I am always surprised to hear busy professionals opt to use only one monitor for their...

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Microsoft, Xero, and AGL Energy Scams

Email scams to look out for This week scammers are impersonating Microsoft, Xero, and AGL Energy. Scammers commonly impersonate reputable and large brands, such as the above, as they have a large customer base. Are you using itro Mail Scan?Yes - emails with the potential to harm your business are blocked...

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Display name spoofing – the latest scam technique

Have you heard about the latest email scam? Recently some clients are finding themselves victim to Display Name Spoofing. This highly targeted spam attack passes through mail-filtering solutions, unlike other spam emails. It involves mail sent from a registered email address on a valid domain (EG: spamuser@gmail.com or incrediblylegitimate@outlook.com), but with the display name set...

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5 IT Basics for Travellers

How Technology Saved Our HolidayDon’t have all the travel documents you need.I speak from experience! This happened to my husband and me.We got to check-in and were shocked to be told we would not be allowed to board our flight. Online information we had relied on failed to...

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Protect your business from cyber threats

Law firms are losing millions to an email scam

Two Queensland law firms lost several million dollars promoting warnings from the Queensland Law Society (QLS). An Attack Involves Two Phases The method of attack doesn't change – just which firm gets targeted! Please share this article with your team so they know what to look at for, and to strengthens your...

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Scams alert: Fake AusPost, Amazon, EnergyAustralia and Xero emails

Email scams to look out for Multiple brand-jacking scams are occurring via a large scale email scam targeting world leading and reputable brands such as AusPost, Amazon, EnergyAustralia and MYOB.All emails have been intercepted and blocked from reaching your inboxes by itro Mail Scan, powered by MailGuard. 1. AusPost - Xmas Parcel...

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Netflix customers targetted in scam

Scam Alert for Netflix Users Another brand-jacking scam is occurring via a large scale email scam since last Friday. This time, the world's leading internet entertainment service, Netflix is the victim.These emails have been blocked by itro Mail Scan, powered by MailGuard, stopping malicious emails from entering any inboxes.The scam has...

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BrandJacked! MYOB, Telstra, Bank of Queensland and more

Alert: Watch out for the following scams circulating this week Cybercriminals are impersonating Telstra and MYOB in a large scale email campaign. Tell your team to be careful of the below scams: 1. MYOB Below is the second brand-jacking of MYOB within the last two weeks, with a similar invoice scam requesting a...

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